Zaporizhstal is commissioning its blast furnace No. 2 after forced mothballing. Now the blast furnace shop will operate three furnaces. The blast furnace No. 2 has been mothballed since March 2022. This is the first time that it will be launched during the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The furnace is scheduled to reach its…
Zaporizhstal intends to save this year more than 700 kWh of electricity with the help of the Dalgakiran compressors. “Thanks to the compressors installed in the oxygen-compressor shop, electricity usage has been decreased from 100 kWh per cubic meter to 90 kWh. In 2023, we have big plans for the machines – to save more…
In February, Zaporizhstal decreased rolled metal manufacture by 55.1% YoY, to 99.6 thousand tons. Pig iron output dropped by 65%, to 125 thousand tons, and steel – by 62%, to 119.4 thousand tons. Compared with January, rolled metal manufacture increased by 36.4% and steel – by 32.8%, while that of pig iron fell by 24.7%.…
Shareholders of Zaporizhstal intend to appoint Roman Slobodyanyuk CEO of the company. Since January 1, he has been serving as acting CEO. The decision will be taken at the extraordinary shareholders meeting scheduled for March 16. The previous CEO Alexander Mironenko will continue his work as Metinvest COO. (Ukrainian metal)
Due to logistics limitations, in 2022 Zaporizhstal worked at 50% of its capacity. According to the CEO Roman Slobodyanyuk, at the end of last year the company had to additionally decrease capacity due to the lack of electricity connected with Russian missile attacks on energy infrastructure. “At the end of 2022 we faced problems in…
Last year, Zaporizhstal mastered the manufacture of 8 new types of cold- and hot-rolled metal for key domestic and foreign customers. In particular, the portfolio of hot-rolled products was joined by three types of rolled metal and three types of sheets, previously produced at Metinvest Mariupol enterprises. Thus, Zaporizhstal started producing hot-rolled sheets with the…
In 2022, Zaporizhstal decreased rolled metal manufacture by 60.4% YoY, to 1.3 million tons. Steel output dropped by 61.7%, to 1.49 million tons, and pig iron – by 54.3%, to 2.009 million tons. In December 2022, the company produced 142.1 thousand tons of pig iron, 70.8 thousand tons of steel and 56.7 thousand tons of…
CEO of Zaporizhstal Alexander Mironenko has left his office, remaining the operational director of Metinvest. According to the official information, Mironenko resigned on January 1. Mironenko has been Zaporizhstal CEO since November 26, 2019 till January 1, 2023. Roman Slobodyanyuk has been appointed acting CEO of Zaporizhstal. (Ukrainian metal)
